The Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) teamed with the University of Texas at
Austin to develop a two-day training course in an initiative to increase the education of
their inspectors on filtration processes used to treat potable water from surface water
and groundwater sources. The course provides practical information on the history and
theory of potable water filters and how each is related to the design, operation,
maintenance, and regulatory requirements of potable water filters.
The course includes lessons on gravity filters; pressure filters, including manganese
greensand and potassium permanganate feed systems; membrane filters; and other,
less common types of filters, such as biological filters, roughing filters, and riverbank
filtration. The course materials include a course manual, and each chapter of the
manual covers a separate topic that is incorporated into individual lessons during the
course. Each lesson has an associated lesson plan, presentation, and review including
questions and answers. The manual also serves to supplement the course by describing
concepts more thoroughly than during the presentation and provides a reference for the
inspectors to use after completion of the course. The primary objectives of the course
include having the staff member obtain the following knowledge:
understand the various chemical and physical processes involved in filtration;
understand the importance of pretreatment chemistry to the success of most
filters;
identify and distinguish between the various filter technologies used in the
potable water industry and summarize their advantages and disadvantages;
understand the impact of design, operations, and maintenance practices on filter
performance;
summarize the advantages and disadvantages of the various technologies;
explain the basis for the TECQ's design requirements for potable water filters; and,
describe routine and special monitoring requirements, as well as reporting
requirements, for the various filtration technologies.
This paper provides an overview of the topics, the learning objectives, the structure,
benefits, and lessons learned. The conference presentation includes showing
representative materials from the course to provide the audience with an understanding
of the value of the program and these educational materials. Includes figure.
| Edition : | Vol. - No. |
| File Size : | 1
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| Note : | This product is unavailable in Ukraine, Russia, Belarus |
| Number of Pages : | 6 |
| Published : | 06/01/2007 |
